Re: propagation of ...
There must be different types of lythrum. My mother-in-law had one large
plant near her front door for 25 years. It never spread beyond being as
big around as a 5 gal. bucket. And we never found seedlings. I've had
one of the Morden cultivars on a ditch bank for 15 yr. Again, never a
seedling or rampant spreading. It has never been root pruned or bothered
with except for admiring the hot rose pink spikes of flowers every year.
The soil it grows in is heavy, moist clay loam. Iris ochroleuca, I.
pseudocorus, Anemone sylvestris and alchemilla run rampant in the same
area.
I'm not disputing that lythrum is a pest in some areas, but believe that
some cultivars are not the miscreants and should be prized for being
what they are. Tough, hardy, disease resistant, pest free, low care
perennials that produce lovely flower displays.
Ann B.
Montana Gardener
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